Development of a new durability index for compacted shale

The slake-durability test

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Evaluation of empirical methods for measuring the uniaxial compressive strength of rock

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Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +12

Factors affecting the durability of selected weak and clay-bearing rocks from Turkey, with particular emphasis on the influence of the number of drying and wetting cycles

Candan Gökçeoğlu, Reşat Ulusay, H. Sönmez · Engineering Geology · 2000 · 224 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geology +14

Predicting the unconfined compressive strength of the Breathitt shale using slake durability, Shore hardness and rock structural properties

Engi̇n Caner Koncagül, Paul Santi · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 1999 · 199 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Petroleum Engineering +17

Durability - Plasticity Classification of Shales and Other Argillaceous Rocks

James C. Gamble · 1971 · 196 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +14